Albstadt

Albstadt

A view of Ebingen.

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Albstadt

Coordinates: 48°12′43″N 09°01′26″E / 48.21194°N 9.02389°E / 48.21194; 9.02389Coordinates: 48°12′43″N 09°01′26″E / 48.21194°N 9.02389°E / 48.21194; 9.02389
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Zollernalbkreis
Government
 • Mayor Klaus Konzelmann (FW)
Area
 • Total 134.41 km2 (51.90 sq mi)
Elevation 731 m (2,398 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 44,431
 • Density 330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72421–72461
Dialling codes 07431, 07432, 07435
Vehicle registration BL
Website www.albstadt.de

Albstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈalpʃtat]) is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Alb mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake of Constance.

Geography

Albstadt is spread across a variety of hills and valleys, its elevation ranges between 614 m (2,014 ft) above sea level and 966 m (3,169 ft). One valley is the river Schmiecha, a left-hand tributary of the Danube, a second valley is the river of upper Eyach, a tributary of the Neckar.

To Albstadt belongs also the Raichberg hill in the north, on which there is the Raichberg Transmitter and an observation tower located. South of Albstadt is the Heuberg Military Training Area.

History

Settlement in the region dates back to at least the Iron Age. A Hallstatt cemetery in Albstadt was excavated by amateur archaeologists in the late nineteenth century and revealed a wide range of pottery and metal artefacts. Known as the 'Degerfeld Barrow' cemetery, a substantial collection was built up by the local antiquary Hyronimus Edelmann that was eventually deposited in the British Museum.[2][3]

Mining

In former times ironore was produced in Albstadt. Fidel Eppler was the name of the mine-inspector. The butress wood was bought in Truchtelfingen and used from Lautlinger Knappen at the Hörnle area .[4] From a old 3,5 km mine in a Doggererzflöz in Weilheim is wood in the Tuttlinger Fruchtkasten .[5] Steel was produced in Tuttlingen by the Schwäbische Hüttenwerke in Ludwigstal,today iron brakes

The districts Ebingen, Laufen, Lautlingen, Pfeffingen und Tailfingen were first mentioned in 793 in a document of the abbey St. Gallen. Ebingen received city rights around 1250 from the Hohenberg ducal family.

Albstadt consists of the following urban districts, which had been independent towns and merged to form Albstadt in 1975:

Truchtelfingen and Tailfingen
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District Ebingen Tailfingen (Albstadt) Onstmettingen Truchtelfingen Pfeffingen (Albstadt) Lautlingen (Albstadt) Laufen (Albstadt) Margrethausen Burgfelden
Population (2006) 19.618 12.234 5.384 3.229 2.168 1.998 1.753 1.084 345
Population (2007) 19.339 12.091 5.314 3.223 2.131 1.987 1.753 1.087 338
Population (2008) 19.265 12.072 5.260 3.189 2.147 1.988 1.777 1.069 346
Population (2009) 19.196 11.895 5.194 3.210 2.074 1.942 1.764 1.046 382
Population (2010) 18.718 11.522 5.006 3.101 2.144 1.833 1.709 1.023 364
Population (2011) 18.584 11.500 4.957 3.108 2.048 1.821 1.699 1.025 361
Population (2012) 18.478 11.329 4.900 3.028 1.993 1.771 1.699 997 314
Population (2014)[6] 18.675 11.208 4.903 3.035 1.982 1.808 1.664 967 336

Economy

Most of the textiles industry (among them Hasana J. Hakenmüller) is gone today, leaving some monuments, like Villa Haux. However, one of the world's biggest makers of industrial needles, Groz-Beckert still resides there. Other prominent local companies include Mey (knitwear), Mettler Toledo (weighing systems) and a major part of Assa Abloy security systems (Eff-Eff Brand). Ebingen also hosts the technical and computer science faculties of Albstadt-Sigmaringen University with about 3,000 students (2014).

Number of inhabitants

Lord Mayors of Albstadt

Sons and daughters of the town

Kurt Georg Kiesinger Oberhausen 1967

Personalities who have worked on the ground

Philipp Matthäus Hahn

Media related to Albstadt at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Schwarzwaelder-bote website
  3. ↑ British Museum Collection
  4. ↑ Hermann Bitzer, Hermann Bitzer Studienrat Rosenfeld †1964, ed. (in German), Tailfinger Heimatbuch 1954, p. 35
  5. ↑ Fruchtkasten: Abteilung Ludwigsthal. In: Pressemiteilungen. 21.November 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.albstadt.de/stadt/zahlendatenfakten (in German) Population numbers


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